HOW TO: Create Hyperlinks to Work with Database Results Regions in FrontPage 2003
This article describes how to create a
hyperlink to show additional data in the Database Results
region.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 2002 version of this article,
see
310641.
This article assumes
that Microsoft FrontPage is
installed on a computer that is
running Microsoft Windows 2000,
Microsoft Windows XP Professional,
Microsoft Windows XP Home, or
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, that
you have already created and saved a
Web site and database, and that the
database can be accessed over the
World Wide Web (WWW).
Create the
Hyperlink Page
- In
Page
view, create or open a page that
contains a Database Results region
that is formatted as a table or
list.
Note You cannot
create a hyperlink in a Database
Results region that is formatted
as a drop-down list.
- Right-click the
Database
Results region, and then
click
Database Results Properties.
The Database Results Wizard
starts. Click
Next
to go to step 3.
- In step 3 of
the Database Results Wizard, click
Edit List.
- In the
Displayed
fields list, click to
select the items that you do not
want to appear on the Web page,
click
Remove, and then click
OK.
- Click
Next
until you reach the last step of
the Database Results Wizard, and
then click
Finish.
- Select the
field that you want to use for the
hyperlink text, and then click
Insert
Hyperlink. For example,
to create an employee listing,
select the field that contains the
employees' last names.
- In the
Insert
Hyperlink dialog box,
type or select the URL of the page
where you want to display the
Database Results region, click
Parameters,
and then click
Add.
- In the
Name
box, type or select the name of a
unique field that contains the
values that you want to pass as
parameters. Typically, this field
is the primary key. The
Value
box will contain the appropriate
value.
- Click
OK
until you return to the Web page.
Create
the Display Page
- In
Page
view, create or open a page that
contains a Database Results region
that is formatted as a table or
list. Make sure that you use the
same database connection and
record source that you used when
you created the first (hyperlink)
page.
- Go to step 3 of
the Database Results Wizard, click
More
Options, click
Criteria,
and then click
Add.
- In the
Field Name
list, click the unique field that
matches the hyperlink parameter
that you selected on the initial
results page (most likely the
primary key). For example, if you
chose a field named
EmployeeID
as the hyperlink parameter on the
initial results page, click
EmployeeID.
- In the
Comparison
list, click
Equals.
- In the
Value
box, leave the default value,
which is the same as
Field Name.
- Click to select
the Use
this search form field
check box.
Although you will not use a search
form, selecting theUse
this search form field
check box allows the Database
Results region to accept the
hyperlink value.
- Click
OK
to return to the Database Results
Wizard, and then click
Next
to go to step 5.
- Click
Display all
records together, and
then click
Finish.
Note
If you do not want to use the
default search feature that appears,
drag the mouse pointer to select it,
and then press DELETE.
The information in this
article applies to:
- Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 825500